haryy potter characters
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CHARACTERS
HARRY POTTER
He is a skinny, bespectacled 11-year old boy who wears his cousin's cast-off clothes. Voldemort, a wizard who had turned to the dark side, killed Harry's parents when he was just a baby. Harry is special, and Voldemort was unable to kill him at that time. However, Harry was left with an unusual lightning-bolt shaped scar on his forehead.
He was brought up by his aunt and uncle and was treated dreadfully by them, being forced to live in a cupboard under the stair. Vernon and Petunia Dursley had their own spoilt son, Dudley, who bullied Harry. Harry spent a lonely childhood, but on his 11th birthday, he learned his true identity and was to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft, Harry was a wizard.
THE DURSLEYS
Uncle Vernon, Aunt Petunia and their son Dudley represent a very dull and normal family who try to ignore Harry's roots and lie to him about how he was orphaned. While Vernon and Petunia shower their son with all sorts of gifts and privileges, they treat Harry badly, deliberately discriminating against him. Dudley and his gang bully Harry at school...